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And I’ve only ever experienced any kind of direct, to-my-face discrimination because I am Irish twice. And it was in Korea. And it was from another Irish person. Well, two, in fact. It happened twice on separate, years apart occasions. It was because I am from Dublin and they were from Northern Ireland. They didn’t…

The best of this week’s quotes from my elementary students in South Korea (and some thrown in from friends too) The world didn’t end and Korea has its first female president elected into office this past Wednesday…so that happened. ALSO it’s vacation next week so The Ketchup War is on hiatus while we relocate from…

This week has seemed extraordinarily long considering I wasn’t in school on Wednesday. I needed to day off to accompany someone to the hospital. My co-teacher, however, took the opportunity to prove she wasn’t the most caring person in the entire world. After me explaining why I needed the day off and her explaining how…

The best of this week’s quotes from my elementary students in South Korea (and some thrown in from friends too) Two kids are calling each other names in Korean before class. Suddenly one of them stands up and screams, really offended, in English: ‘I am NO potato!!!’ *** Me: ‘What’s your favorite holiday?’ Kid: ‘Children’s…

Mam calls me all excited a few weeks ago: ‘Jenny, there’s this song on the radio and you’ll never guess!!! You’ll never guess what it is!!’ ‘Is it in Korean?’ ‘YES!!!’ ‘Is it Gangnam Style?’ ‘YES!!!’ ‘Yeah….’ ‘Do you know it?!!’ Sigh…(Psy?). While for me, hearing ‘Gangnam Style’ over and over and over again in…

The best of this week’s quotes from my elementary students in South Korea (and some thrown in from friends too) I write something on the whiteboard. Kid: ‘Oh teacher, your font is very good.’ *** I draw a window on the board. Kid: ‘Ou, Denmark!’ *** During a test, two boys are talking: Me: ‘What…

Here’s how the conversation went: Me: ‘I feel like I need to write a blog post about this. I SHOULD WARN OTHER PEOPLE!!’ The Canadian One: ‘Lol. Civic duty!’ Me: ‘I know!! IT’S MY DUTY TO WARN THE OTHER FOREIGNERS!! Have you ever heard of anyone having this done?! I HAVE NOT!’ The Canadian One:…